News: we have been selected to compete in the Second Collegiate Wind Competition, to be held in New Orleans at AWEA WINDPOWER 2016, May 23-26. The 2016 Competition theme is to design and construct a wind-driven power system to supply electricity to non-grid connected device(s) for off-grid applications.

2015 Competition:

We designed a VAWT for the 2014 competition at AWEA WINDPOWER in Las Vegas, and finished 7th out of 10 teams. Many of us wanted to try again in 2015, so now we are redesigning for competition between 8 of the 10, at NWTC in Boulder, CO 29 April - 1 May. Maximize power out, demonstrate braking on demand and on loss of load.

Inaugural Collegiate Wind Competition, 2014

Design a wind turbine to charge small electronic devices and test it to specifications. Four main deliverables: